Thomas Lachmann is Professor of Cognitive and Developmental Psychology at the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.Tina Weis is Senior Researcher at the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.

• Part I Micro-stages in information processing: Identification of processing universals Deciphering the time code of the brain: From psychophysical invariants to universals of neural organization Hans-Georg Geissler Dynamical constants and time universals: Relating and resolving two theories of cognitive microstructure Mark A. Elliott and Naomi du Bois Measuring the processing epoch for decision processes: A paper in honour of Hans-Georg Geissler Stephen Link The concepts of perceived magnitude and dynamic range: What they reveal about the nature of sensory systems Robert TeghtsoonianPart II Meso-stages in information processing: Complex processing architectures Some constraints on reaction-time distributions for sequential processes = Saul Sternberg A theoretical study of process dependence for standard two-process serial models and standard two-process parallel models Ru Zhang, Yanjun Liu, and James T. Townsend A brief overview of computational models of spatial, temporal, and feature visual attention George Sperling Perceptual organization and visual target selection Cees van Leeuwen, Tina Weis, and Thomas Lachmann Functional and structural MRI studies of multisensory integration underlying self-motion perception Mark W. Greenlee and Sebastian M. FrankPart III Macro-stages of information processing: Transitions in development and learning Auditory attention in children and adults: A psychophysiological approach Nicole Wetzel and Erich Schroger¨ Reading Haiku: What eye movements reveal about the construction of literary meaning – A pilot study Thomas Geyer, Franziska Gunther, Jim Kacian, Hermann J. M¨ uller and¨ Stella Pierides Retrieval processes in person memory: Discrete levels of search time Peter Petzold and Brigitte EdelerPart IV Epilog Leipzig-Berlin and back: Science put in a life-story Hans-Georg Geissler